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1976 Walter D. Roering
Melanerpes famicivorus
Road 1 Nest Record
Hastings Reservation
4 May 800 Bird first flushed from nest hole
8 May 1330. Hole opened: 6 eggs, Measured:
① 26.9 x 20.4 ④ 27.1 x 20.4
② 27.1 x 20.0 ⑤ 27.3 x [illegible] 20.3
③ 26.0 x 19.5 ⑥ 28.0 x 19.0
also, 3,2, and 5 are noticeably ① wider
at one pole than the other; 1,4, and 6
are quite regular: ② All are translucent
9 May 1245 7 eggs: ② 25.9 x 19.7 shape
10 May 1530 7 eggs, unchanged
18 May Estimated hatching date [illegible] young
22 May 1815 First check: 6 young, no trace of 7th
[4] 22 May 1815
10 June 1900
291
① JDB - Maure
② Maure
③ P.W-B.B(n)
④ LB
⑤ LP
⑥ -
292
293
294
295
17.3 11/19 18.5 11/21 21.1 12/22 16.6 9/20 21.0 11/21 13.2 10/19
-10790 -8/-199 -1/-94 -7/27/87 -7/-94
72.7 62/42 86.4 67/43 83.2 64/40 78.6 59/36 79.1 61/41 Not in nest